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Blood test: measure serum lipase fasting, then measure again 30 min after lundh meal. how much should lipase rise?

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Dr. James Burns answered

Specializes in Emergency Medicine

Negligible: All else being normal one would not expect there to be a rise in lipase beyond laboratory normals. Amylase (also a salivary enzyme) may be elevated but still within laboratory normal limits, .

Answered 10/3/2016

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